The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-02-10
BONNETS.


In recent letter upon the arlstocracy
of England. says the New York San,
| writer said that the English women
would be surprised to know that the
| Americans, whose taste in dress is so
| greatly admired over there, pay as
! nigh as 42U or s25 Tor bonnet. That
| statement aroused the curiosity of many
| feminine sun readers. Who pays 800
| or Sl25 for a bonnet? They did not
know any one who did, and vet it
| might be true. But it seems it is not
| true. The most fashionable milliner in
| New York says so. She gets more for
| hats and bonnets than any one else in
| town, so that her word on the subject is
| final.
lit is absurd" she said. I'VE could
easily make hats and bonnets that
| would be worth that price, but no one
! would buy them. Do YOU know how
| much the most fashionable and wealthy
| ladies' in town want to get their bonnets
| foI2 Twenty-Five dollars. We get S35
| and sometimes $40 for a bonnet, but
! these prices are mainly for imported
| ones. There's not much money in an
! imported bonnet at those figures. Take
| one that costs 100 francs in Paris; that's
! $50. Add 90 per cent. duty: that's SO,
| or $50 IN all. So that when you take
| the risk Of its not pleasing and your
! hep and rent into consideration, your
| profit is small. OF course all our i'm
| ported goods are from Paris. There's
nothing tasteful or pretty made for wo-
men in London. They dress the men
well there, but the women are obliged
! TO look to Paris for styles.
when woman pays $50 or $40 for
bonnet she expects 70 get everything
| -,he whole store. She pretends she
| can oct The same thing for less money
! IL Sixth avenue, when even man can
| see ,ne difference between bonnets here
| and bonuetS there. What makes the
| cost? Oh, the quality Of the velvet, the
! expensive trimmings anu feathers Now
| here's "a love from Paris (holdiug up
a iauUIy bonnet of ChOcOiate-ColOred
! niusl trimmed with a row OF heavy let
! beads and with half OF the russet-red
Ia. feathers OF q bird OF Parudise).
| " refused SO Tor 1t. 1t Is as good,
| an as snowy and as expensive as any
| woman on the continent has or can
| get And it Is too expensive for most
| OF them. Iney don't ike TO 90 above
! So
/ i see all your hats and bonnets are
TRAINED with feathers. Don't you feel
! the eject OF the Audubon movement
! ior the protection OF birds? / thought
the ladies' were going to get along with
ou: causing the slaughter of birds for
| the.r adorumenL"
do feel the NOV, ment? Guess | do.
/ Bay what geese the women are. Now.
. tI.E Il L,, "a l. is
q dozen women in sue esslOn because it
1 has got the mead ;Gd peak of a bird of
! Paradise among its trimmings. On we
! can, buy that, with IA head OF a poor
! Little bird on it, they say, And then
| they turn around and buy "a hat with q
pan of wings or BIRDS back or a
/ Or st on it. just as If a bird might not
! lust Us wen lose his head as his ,au or
/ back or breast But there's never any
reason in any OF these crazes Iuese
4 Audubon women won't buy hat not
! trimmed with feathers, but tuey insist
! that they snail have nothing else-no
! claws, beak1 or heads.
TINS milliner SAID that women are
very economical. They compare favor
ABLY with the men IN this respect. They
! may pay go for a bonnet, but they
! insist on getting the worth of thelr
| money. GIVE man SlO0 and a wo-
man 800, !" said she. "and see what
! each Will do. The woman will bring
home a lot of things. The man VIII
| SMOKE UP cigars, drink wine, and oct
up = dinner Tor his friends. He viii
! have nothing LETT but a headache for
! mis- money" Whether this comparison
! be true or not, recent researches into
| the fashions adoptea by the ladies this
! winter HlS revealed lhu fact that il takes
| an enormous amount If money TO satisfy
! Il woman OF fashion. IL has been found
! tuau bonnulS come as h gH as $40, seal
! ~Nin sacque5 are bought every dav for
! 5000 OF 5000. and coats OF Russian
! sable are worn by ladies whose hus-
| bands paid 81 600 for them. The tailor
made cloth watking-suits average 500
! IN cost and only form one IN the series
! of four dresses needed for a lady's daily
! changes. Her afternoon home dress IS
| likely to cost S75 or SiO0, her evening
! dress. # in the height of fashion, will
! cost S4O0 10 $500. and she needs a S25
wrapper to wear at her toilet before
| breakfast. The Broadway shopping es-
| adjustments now keep on hand silk
/ under-rlothing at S35 q suit chemises
at $50. skirts at $50 and 500. drawers
at $50 TO $50, stockings at So pair,
| and corsetS
"f Coal-Ol Johnny were TO come to
! life again and try to throw fortune
away, he could not spend one half so
much in Dress said a storekeeper the
other day, las it is deemed necessary
/ for rich woman to spend if she wants
! to keep up 10 the standard set by other
wealthy women"